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RHP Sosa looks to help Mets handle Braves

May 22, 2007 - 1:23 PM Ny Mets (28-15) at Atlanta (26-18) 7:35 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) - The New York Mets have the best record in the National League but have some unfinished business to take care of in Atlanta.

Former Brave Jorge Sosa (3-0, 2.25 ERA) takes the mound for the Mets on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series.

New York stopped Atlanta's streak of 14 straight division titles last season, but Atlanta has come back determined to start a new streak. The Braves have won four of the last six meetings between the teams.

Fresh off of taking two of three from the crosstown rival New York Yankees, the Mets look to improve on their major league-best 14-5 road record.

"Moving into Atlanta and facing those guys who are running our tail, we have to return the favor," Mets' right fielder Shawn Green told the team's official Web site.

In order to do so, the Mets look to Sosa, who went 26-13 in two seasons with Atlanta. Sosa has won his first three starts since being called up from Class AAA New Orleans to start for the injured Orlando Hernandez on May 5. In his last outing the righthander allowed one run and one hits in seven innings as New York beat Chicago,8-1, on Wednesday.

Sosa has faced his former team just once, as a losing to them as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, despite allowing just one run and five hits in six innings in June 2003.

Atlanta, which has lost four of six, and trails the Mets by 2 1/2 games, will send Kyle Davies (1-2, 5.17) to the mound. In his last time out, Davies, who is 2-1 with a 3.63 ERA vs. the Mets at Turner Field, allowed six runs - two earned - and five hits in 4 2/3 innings as Atlanta lost 6-4 to Washington on Wednesday.